OSX El Capitan (10.11) Beta 2 – Issues with Lightroom 6

We can’t confirm that Beta2 definitely caused this issue, but it appears that installing Beta2 causes issues with Lightroom 6.

All we can say is that since upgrading from Beta1 to Beta2, Lightroom windows are gone, meaning Lightroom launches, the menu bar is there and functional, but the windows are nowhere to be found. We’ve also noticed windows for another app – Trucrypt – are misplaced, so we assume the window is there, but shifted off-screen.

Nonetheless, Lightroom is unusable under Beta2 as of this writing, and we haven’t figured out a solution yet, so be warned.

UPDATE – A workaround has been found to get the window back – you must launch Lightroom by double-clicking the .lrcat file in finder. This will launch Lightroom with everything correctly positioned and visible.

By default the file is located under Username/Pictures/Lightroom, but the easiest way to find it is search for lrcat in the finder search box.

Note – As of Beta 7 (Build 15A263e), this issue is fixed.

It’s possible it was fixed before Beta 7, and we didn’t notice, but Lightroom runs correctly in Beta 7 at least.

Networking is also a mess under “The Captain.” Chrome can no longer load the FreeNAS forums site. Many applications, including Safari, can no longer access the net if I turn on the Private Internet Access VPN client.

The Captain’s Safari appears to have a severe eating disorder as it eats all memory in sight.

I did an upgrade—I’m trying to talk myself into a fresh install—but so far I’m not seeing any of the speedups that Apple is touting. Color me underwhelmed.